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Newsletter #18

Summary

•    CALL FOR PAPERS – NEW DEADLINE
•    ALREADY CONFIRMED KEY NOTE SPEAKERS
•    CONGRESS INFORMATION IN THE PRESS
•    INTERVIEW TO ENGINEER SANDRA FERNANDEZ – CHAPTER IPPAI
•    PRESIDENT’S EDITORIAL
•    SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
   

Call for abstracts

We have been receiving abstracts from our country, among which we can mention the Argentine provinces of Córdoba, Santa Fe, Salta, Tucumán, Chubut and Buenos Aires, and from other countries whose engineers are actively participating in the event: India, Colombia, Brazil, Nigeria, Italy, Venezuela, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Spain and South Africa. The Chapters which have received more abstracts so far are “Energy and Climate Change” and “Engineering Education for Sustainable Development”.

For further information about general conditions, policies and requirements to be fulfilled for the submission of papers, please visit the Congress website: www.ingenieria2010.com.ar, in section CALL FOR PAPERS.


   

Submission of Abstracts - New Deadline

We remind you that due to the many requests that have been received, the deadline for the submission of ABSTRACTS for ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA has been extended as follows:

Key Dates:

Deadline for abstract submissions April 1, 2010
Abstract acceptance notification to authors and
invitation for submission of final papers		 April 15, 2010
Deadline for final paper submissions June 15, 2010
Paper acceptance notification August 15, 2010
   

Already Confirmed Key Note Speakers


ISHII, YUMIO
Dr. ISHII Yumio is member of the International Advisory Council of ENGINEERING 2010 – ARGENTINA and a specialist in Disaster Risk Management. He has been member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation
of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC). He also chairs the recently created Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Management of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO). He is one of the keynote speakers who has already confirmed his participation in the Chapter “Large Metropolises and their Infrastructure”, Subchapter Water (LMI – Water).

 

MARCOS TULIO DE MELO
Engineer Marcos Tulio de Melo is President del CONFEA, the Federal Council of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy, from Brazil, and has been recently reelected for the three-year period 2009-2011. He was President of the Board for the organization of the World Engineers’ Convention (WEC 2008) which took place in Brasilia in December, 2008. He is member of the International Advisory Council of ENGINEERING 2010 – ARGENTINA and he is one of the keynote speakers of the Chapter “Engineering Professional Practice” (EPP).

   

Congress information in the press

These last months ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA and their main authorities have had a widespread presence in the national and international press, with the dissemination of general information about the World Congress and Exhibition and the participation of experts in their fields, mainly due to the recent events and phenomena which have taken place as  a consequence of the climatic change. The following is a summary of the articles and interviews to members of the Congress and Exhibition ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA; these sites may be accessed through the Congress website, in the section PRESS:

   

Interview to Engineer Sandra Fernandez

Engineer Sandra Fernandez is the Vice President of the Chapter “Innovation in Primary Production and Agro-Alimentary Industries (IPPAI)” of the World Congress and Exhibition ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA and also chairs the Committee of Agrifood Engineering and Biotechnology of UPADI. In this newsletter, she gives us her opinion on engineering contributions in relation to the important innovations in the agro-alimentary industry.

Which do you think are the most important innovations that will contribute to food production from the point of view of engineering and technology? And, why?

Engineering, in all its specialties related to the agrifood chain, is playing a key role in the improvement of food productivity and quality. Considering primary production, it is worth mentioning the improvements in the adaptability conditions to drought, salinity, pests and other adverse conditions, thus enhancing the possibilities of growing species in areas which have been only used for cattle raising. Genetic engineering has contributed a lot and the advances are remarkable but there is still a long way to go. As regards industrialization, there are also relevant advances in quality management that make it possible to enrich food and use it to prevent diseases or otherwise to adapt it to people suffering from intolerances. On the other hand, we should not forget the many other branches of engineering which contribute to the development of the sector, such as agricultural machinery, irrigation equipment, satellite information systems, etc.

How do you foresee the future of biotechnology and the contribution of engineering to the agrifood industry?

The future of biotechnology, and particularly that of genetic engineering, opens up an endless horizon. The technique of interspecific genetic combination allows the possibility of adding desirable attributes to species so as to have organisms with the most convenient features for each particular situation. We could then consider super crops adapted to even extreme conditions, or super foods with attributes or their combinations, desirable for human health. However, the controls required for this type of technologies should be careful and exhaustive. We should insist that the tests carried out before launching new products into the market must fulfill the innocuousness and quality requirements of every new product prior to its publicity and use. Engineering should also contribute to a more rational use of resources and to the implementation of clean production systems and commit itself to the world food safety.
   

President´s Editorial

ENGINEERING 2010 – ARGENTINA goes on moving forward along the agreed path.

We are receiving abstracts of the papers which will be submitted according to the established schedule.

Many colleagues of several countries of the world are working on these papers which focus on all the topics of the Chapters and Forums which will be held next October in Buenos Aires.

And they are doing so convinced of the paradigm the world engineering has upheld: physical development in a finite world and at the service of people.

We should make a difference between growth, that is the mere accumulation of wealth, and development, that improves people’s quality of life.

Moreover we should not confuse development alone with sustainable development that entails the total solidarity with future generations.

Engineering should develop a clear awareness of the need of offering solutions to the problems which our event proposes to discuss and their relations with poverty, health, culture and development.

Sustainable development implies a link among all human beings that live on our planet today and those who will live on it in a future that we will not see.  

The already mentioned solidarity is necessary because, tomorrow, our children will learn that we knew the problem and we cannot allow them to say that, despite being aware of it, we did nothing to solve it.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is April 1st.

We are waiting for you with open arms.

Till next publication.



Eng. Mario Telichevsky
President of the Central Executive Committee
World Congress and Exhibition
ENGINEERING 2010 – ARGENTINA
   

Schedule of Activities

Schedule of already confirmed National Preparatory Congresses.

Date

 Location Organizing Institution/s Topic
April 16 -17 Bahía Blanca Center of Engineers of Bahia Blanca Chemical Engineering and its Contribution to Sustainable Development
May 4 - 5 Buenos Aires COPIME Electrical Engineering
May 6 - 7 Buenos Aires COPIME Mechanical Engineering
May 12 - 14 Buenos Aires COPIME Security against Fire
May 13 - 14 Rosario
 Center of Engineers of Rosario Innovation in Production and Agro-Alimentary Industries
May 13 - 14 Entre Ríos FADIE Renewable energy and Climatic Change
June 10 - 11 Corrientes Center of Engineers of the Province of Corrientes Engineering Education for Engineers and Women

 

 

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